Use the Path standard data type to include hyperlinks in supported versions of ATML, XML, and HTML reports.

NI recommends that you use relative paths, which can be relative to the sequence file that contains them or one of the TestStand search directories. Relative paths allow TestStand to find files even when you install or copy the files to a location on the another computer that is different from the location of the files on the original computer.

When you use the TestStand Deployment Utility to create a deployable image of a test system, the utility attempts to replace absolute file path references to code module files with relative file path references.

Note Absolute paths can cause errors in deployment and multiple-developer scenarios because directory structures frequently vary among systems. Absolute paths also increase the maintenance burden if you want to move files within the TestStand system.